Sponsored By:

Donors (December 2023-February 2025)

$10,000

Cannady-Ford Family Fund of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous, Firefly Creek, LLC., E. Patrick Johnson & Steven Lewis, North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the North Carolina Arts Foundation’s North Carolina Relief Fund, the National Endowment of the Arts, and South Arts’ Southern Arts Relief and Recovery Fund, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina

$1,000-$4,999

Patti Eylar & Charlie Gardner, Thomas Edward Frank, Heather Hartley & Phil Reynolds, Doreen Hughes & Diane Behar, Madison County Tourism Development Authority, Odonata Farm, Anne Rawson, The Dorothy Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation, Therese Reynolds

$500-$999
Charles & Susan Abed, Big Foot Media, Pamela Crutchfield, Lynette & Eric Hartley, Madison County Arts Council, Mars Landing Galleries, McCollum Family Charitable Fund, Michael McStraw, Rob Pulleyn, Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt

$250-$499
Paul & Janine Allen, Ariel Ashwell, Cassilhaus Artist Residency, Pamela & Isaac Green, Bertram Johnson, Susan Manning & Doug Doetsch, Scott Ferwerda, Sarah Mirkin, Rick & Connie Molland, Kevin & Mary Rechner, Susan & William Sewell, Mike & Sandy Stevenson, Karen Tarjan

$100-$249 Patsy Beyer, Ann Boyd, Vicki Crain, Betty & Fred Gittinger, Joe Goode, Meg Grundy, Timothy Hendrikson & David DeCastro, Joyce Huggins, Michele Huggins, Richard Woodbury, Brent & Karen Woods

Up to $100
Anonymous, Lyn Benjamin, Betty Bradley, Jill Chukerman & Tom Test, Michael Figueroa, Melissa Fraterrigo, Megan Hillman-Hammer, Ayako Kato, Gary & Lucia Lund, Dr. Dwight A. McBride, Jenny Mueller, Stephanie Silverman, Ryan Williams, Elizabeth Upchurch

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“Miss Sarah” Fellowship for Black Women Writers Fund

$5,000 Jane M. Saks/Nathan Cummings Foundation

$3,000-$4,999 E. Patrick Johnson & Stephen Lewis

$1,000-$2,999 Dr. Trudier Harris, Larry & Trish Johnson, Joseph & Karima Ravenell, Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Onawumi J. Moss, A. G. Ray, Ramón H. Rivera-Servera & Joel Valentín-Martínez, Beverly Guy-Shetfall

$500-$999
Drs. Ian Barrett & Bryant Brazeal, Jennifer D. Brody, Josh Chambers-Letson, Victor Gonzalez & Josh Rains, Celeste Watkins-Hayes & Reiji Hayes, Omi Jones & Sharon Bridgforth, Susan Manning & Douglas Doetsch, Janice Radway, Story Medicine Worldwide

$250-$499
Anonymous (x2), Juan Battle, Martha Biondi, Charlton Copeland,
Huey Copeland & H. John Hair, Roderick A. Ferguson, Stephanie Graham,
Bertram Johnson & Jason McGill, Dr. Dwight A. McBride, Mary Pattillo, S. L. Richards, Michael Richie, Jon Foley Sherman, Liz Son, Charles Whitaker

$100-$249 Anonymous (x5), J.R. Bennett, Matt Brim, Benna Bell, Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Rives & Kirsty Collins, David Figlio, Lisa A. Freeman & Heather M. Schmucker, Dilip Gaonkar, Lyndon K. Gill, Thavolia Glymph, Roderick Hawkins, LaMonda Horton-Stallings, Margaret Hunt, John & Deborah Jackson, Xenia Lutz Johns, Sharon Lutz Harris & Melinda Lutz Mayhew, Ryan Johnson, Daniel Alexander Jones, Dr. Johnnie Lee & Darryl Branch, Janina Matuszeski, Bob McCormick, Lisa Merrill, Sherlene Merritt, Mary Morten, Frances Freeman Paden, Elaine A. Peña, Kathy A. Perkins, Lorna and Dale Peterson, Kemati Janice Porter, Jennifer Richeson, Francesca T. Royster, Nitasha Sharma, Reggie Shuford, Sarah Schulman, Sweet Negritude, Yvonne Welbon, Annice Williams, Rhaisa Williams, Keith Wyatt

Up To $100
Anonymous (x2), Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, Steven J. Baines, Stephanie Batiste, Courtney Berger, Kathleen Bethel, Lisa Biggs & Austin Jackson, Bradley Bourne,
Matt & Noelle Bourne, Djola Branner, Jennie Brier, Consuella Brown, Barbara Butts, Jeannette Colyvas, Theresa Delgadillo, Deborah Douglas, Simone Drake, Jenn Erdely, LeAnn Fields, Marsha Figaro, L’Tanya Fish, Luchina Fisher-Parr, Marcela Fuentes, Walter Fuldner,
Donatella Galella, John Hagen, Sarah Haley, Renetta Hamrick, Leslie M. Harr, Michelle & James Hayford, Stacie Hewett, Paul Howard, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Cheryl Johnson- Odim, Kyra Jones, Karen Lovaas, Maryann Marsh, Natalie Y. Moore, Rick Morris, Shaun Myers, Mark Anthony Neal, One of the L8-8, Gregg Redmon, David Rice, Tim & Sherri Saddler, Kyle Siefert, Shayna Silverstein, Karl’s Slocum, Akira Vaughns Taylor, The Baptista Family, Dave & Deb Tolchinsky, Jenn Tyburczy, Sherry Wallace, Mary & Simon Weismantel, Lauren Wimbush, Patricia A. Ybarra

Banner: Photo of Stewart/Owen Dance by Tanja Kuic